We still think ASUS should cut the number of available Eee laptops down to something a little more reasonable, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon -- the company just made with UK pricing on the 901, 904, and 1000. The Atom-based
901 will come in at £299 ($592), while the slower
904 (which is essentially a 900 in the 1000's body) will set you back £269 ($533). The Atom-based 10-inch
1000 itself will run £349 ($691) for an 80GB hard drive version or £369 ($731) for a 40GB SSD edition. We'd say the sweet spot here remains the 901 if you can handle the smaller keyboard, but it's not like you're hurting for
netbook options.
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posted Jul 9th 2008 5:02PM
The 901 is already out here......
Ebuyer have them in stock at a similar price to that.
Cheers for the heads up on ebuyer finally having them in. Unfortunately they only seem to have the XP version of the 901 in-stock unless I'm otherwise mistaken and I'm after the linux one.
Ladies and gentlemen:
A prime example of a twunt in their natural habitat.
I hate comment delays.....
Just to clarify- is it really 80/40 GB? It says Gb, which makes it gigaBITS, not gigaBYTES.
Now that I think about it, how is this much different from Dell or HP offering tons of options on their laptops?
ASUS is just slapping a number on each of their configurations. How exactly is having options a bad thing? Would having one or two models really drop the price that much?
the 10inch model has the same resolution as the 8.9....hmmm
That's a really interesting point.
It makes the increased screen size irrelevant for usability, and only important for vision.
Resolution staying consistent, I actually I like smaller screens.
Ok - silly question perhaps.
For the same price on the 901, you can either get:
12gb HD with Windows XP
20gb HD with Linux
Obviously the larger hard drive cost is offset by the lower (or non existent) cost of licensing Linux instead of XP, and vice versa.
So - wouldn't everyone just buy the Linux version, get the larger HD, and install their own XP? (assuming they want XP, and assuming many people have a copy sitting around somewhere).
Asus seem to have dropped the ball as the prices go up and up, not much different from a fullsize laptop.
hmmm, 1000H FTW @ £350
What's happened to the 903? I thought it was going to be a 901 in a 900 case...
It's not the screen size, it's the pixel density.
Is it just me, or was one of these supposed to be WWAN/WiMax compatible?
I wish the 10" model came with a smaller hard drive option. That's obviously what drives the price so high. I wouldn't mind all the Eee 901 specs in the 1000 shell.
Prices Prices Prices, but when are we going to see the release dates !
The 1000 is way too expensive. What happened Asus? Got to greedy at last? MSI's Wind is way cheaper by delivering the exact specs.
MSI Wind comes with a 3-cell battery (2:15h battery life with 50% brightness, CPU clocked down and WiFi on, according to TrustedReviews)
Indeed. Wasn't the 6-cell Battery already confirmed? But maybe my mind's playin' tricks on me. Thx anyway for the Info, Bro.
The 6-cell battery will be available in September :(
This table has at least one wildly inaccurate number, the width of the 901 is not 125.5 mm, but more like 175.5 mm. I lack the patience to check the other numbers, but do hope that the price doesn't turn out to be 799 instead of 299.
Has nobody else noticed that to have it with Linux and a 40GB HD is £20 MORE than with XP and an 80GB HD.
M$ have clearly got their claws in to push people back to wwindows and stem the exodus to Linux in the UMPC market.
Okay, I overlooked the SSD/HDD thing but M$ arestill virtually giving away XP to keep themselves in the market.